Fastening device for garments.



J. LIEBERMAN, A. FRIEDMAN & B. ROSE.

FASTENING DEVICE FOR GARMENTS. APPLICATION FILED AUG-17, 1912.

Patented. Apr. 27, 1915.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH LIEBEBMAN, ALBERT FRIEDMAN, AND BENJAMIN BOSE, 0F PHILADELPHIA,

PENNSYLVANIA.

FASTENING- DEVICE FOR GARMENTS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 2'3, 1915.

Application filed August 17, 1912. Serial No. 715,574.

T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOSEPH LIEBERMAN, ALBERT FRIEDMAN, and BENJAMIN ROSE, all citizens of the United States, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new. and useful Fastening Device for Garments, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to supporting devices for trousers or similar garments and relates more particularly to a form of belt construction utilized in conjunction with certain novel adjuncts of the garment, whereby the waist measurement thereof is susceptible of a wide variation in size and can be adjusted to fit the particular needs or requirements of the individual.

It relates essentially to a fastening or supporting device of the type shown in our prior Patent, No. 1,034,353, granted July 30th, 1912, and in its specific embodiments, comprises features of construction differing therefrom and which produce a result not heretofore attained. These embodiments comprise a simple, inexpensive and effective belt or supporting device for garments, such as trousers, overalls, pajamas, ladies skirts or like garments, whereby the waist portion may be increased or diminished in size without producing puckering or folding of the material so that the exterior appearance is {)hat of an ordinary trouser waist band and elt.

It further consists of other novel features of construction, all as will be hereinafter fully set forth.

For the purpose of illustrating our invention, wehave shown in the accompanying drawingone form thereof which is at present preferred by us, since the same has been found in practice to give satisfactory and reliable results, although it is to be understood that the various instrumentali ties of which our invention consists can be variously arranged and organized and that our invention is not limited to the precise arrangement and organization of these instrumentalities as herein shown and described.

Figure 1 represents a perspective of a fastening device or garment supporting means embodying our invention, the same being shown as applied to a pair of trousers. Fig. 2 represents a side elevation of the same taken from the inside and showing the Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the figures. Referring to the drawings :1 designates 1n the present instance a pair of trousers with which our novel belt construction is adapted to be used and the waist portion 2 of the said trousers is oppositely slit or cut as shown at 3 to form front and rear sections 4 and 5. This construction permits proper expansion and contraction of the dimension of the waist portion 2, and when it is desired to reduce or contract the said dimensions, it will be apparent that it can readily be done by allowing the ends of the respective sections 4 and 5 to overlap, as shown in Fig. 4.

6 designates generally a belt member which in the present instance is formed in two parts 7 and 8, each of which passes around a portion of the waist 2 and is maintained in operative position by means of the usual belt straps or loops 9 which are of course positioned at suitable intervals for the purpose intended. The rear section 5 of the garment, as here shown, is cut away at each side, adjacent the slit 3, to form an opening 10 within which is seated a loop 11 of metal or other suitable material, each of said loops carrying a bearingroll 12, about which the end 14 of the respective belt sections is adapted to pass. These bearing loops 11 are each preferably secured to the rear section 5 by means of a strap 15, of fabric or other suitable material, which is permanently attached to the garment by stitching 16 or the like. It will thus be seen that when the loops 11 are fixed in position within the openings 10, a free passage is provided through which the ends 14 of the belt sections 7 and 8 may pass freely and without material friction owing to the roller bearing 12. Adjacent the openings 10 we preferably employ a strip of fabric 15 which serves to stiffen and reinforce the waist portion atthis point.

17 designates, in the present instance, a button secured to each side of the front sec tion 4, adjacent the openings 3, and to which the ends 14 are respectively secured throu h the medium of a buttonhole .18, whereby t a belt members may readily be detached .18 desired, for pur oses of repair or renewal. In

connection with the straps 15, it will benoted that they are, preferably, inserted be tween the inner-linmg l9 of the rment and the outer fabric lining 20 to w oh the of slots 23 and 24 therein in conjunction with which is a sliding member 25 having an opening 26 therein through which the end of the belt section 7 is adapted to pass. This construction permits a secure fastening or locking of the belt members to the buckle member as is apparent.

In view of the fact that the slits 3 are preferably disposed adjacent to the side pockets of the garments, it will beseen that when the parts are in assembled position, as shown in Fig. 1, there will be no noticeable change apparent in the waist band as compared with the ordinary garments but the.

advantage of our novel construction will readily be appreciated since the two sections of the belt 6 may be driven together thereby overlapping the front and rear sec-.

tions 4 and 5 and causing the garments to fit snug around the waist of the wearer. A further advantage is apparent in that the forward section of the garments is drawn rearwardly while the rear section .is drawn forwardly and therefore when the two sections over-lap there ,is no folding-over or puckering of the material around the waist and the garment appears to fit smooth and tight as should be the case.

It will now be apparent that we have do vised a novel and useful fastening device for garments which embodies the features of advantage enumerated as desirable in the statement of the invention and the above description, and while we have, in the present instance, shown and described a preferred embodiment thereof which has'been found in practice to give satisfactory and reliable results,- it is -to be understood that the same issusceptible of modification in various particulars without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention or sacrificing any of its advantages.

Having thus described our invention what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination with a garment having side slits adjacent the hip portions to form front and rear Waist sections, said rear section having on each side thereof an opening, passing entirely therethrough, at a suitable point removed from each edge of the side slits, an attaching means carried on the inner face, at .each side, of said front section, a loop for each opening suitably secured to saldrear section, and a pair of belt members, one end of one member passing through one of said openings and its loop, and extending forwardly, and being removably secured to the attaching means on one sideof the front section, and one end of the other belt member passing through the other opening of the rear sections and its loop, and extending forwardly and removably secured to the attaching means on the other side of the front section, the opposite ends of said belt members extending forwardly to the front of said front section, whereby the belt members are situated exterior of the edges of the slits of both the front and rear sections, and the said belt members serving to hold the edges in close contact and in a flat condition, and means for securing the front ends of said belt members together.

' JOSEPH LIEBERMAN.

ALBERT FRIEDMAN. BENJAMIN ROSE. Witnesses: F. A. NEWTON M. E. BYBNE. 

